[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34752-34753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14800]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Proposed Office of State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support 
(OSTLTS)

    In accordance with Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November 
6, 2000, and the Presidential Memorandum of November 5, 2009, and 
September 23, 2004, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal 
Governments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 
OSTLTS announces the following Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee 
(TCAC) Meeting and Tribal Consultation Session:

    Name: Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC) Meeting and 
5th Biannual Tribal Consultation Session
    Times and Dates: TCAC Meeting on July 26-28, 2010, from 8 a.m.-6 
p.m. and the 5th

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Biannual CDC Tribal Consultation Session on July 29, 2010, from 8-6 
p.m.
    Place: The July 26 TCAC Meeting will be on the Ft. Belknap 
Indian Reservation, Harlem, MT; the July 27th TCAC Meeting will be 
on the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Box Elder, MT; the July 28 TCAC 
Meeting and the July 29th Consultation Session will be held at the 
Montana State University--Northern, Havre, MT. All meetings are 
being hosted by the Ft. Belknap Indian Reservation and Rocky Boy's 
Reservation. Meetings are open to the public with a special 
invitation to Montana and Wyoming American Indian Tribal leaders, 
Montana and Wyoming State Health Department Officials, and all 
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribal leaders from across the 
nation and other AI/AN stakeholders.
    Purpose: CDC released their Tribal Consultation Policy in 
October of 2005 with the primary purpose of providing guidance 
across the agency to work effectively with AI/AN tribes, 
communities, and organizations to enhance AI/AN access to CDC 
resources and programs. In November of 2006, an Agency Advisory 
Committee (CDC/ATSDR Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee--TCAC) 
was established to provide a complementary venue wherein tribal 
representatives and CDC staff will exchange information about public 
health issues in Indian Country, identifying urgent public health 
needs in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, and 
discuss collaborative approaches to these issues and needs. Within 
the CDC Consultation Policy, it is stated that CDC will conduct 
government-to-government consultation with elected tribal officials 
or their designated representatives and also confer with tribal and 
Alaska Native organizations and AI/AN urban and rural communities 
before taking actions and/or making decisions that affect them. 
Consultation is an enhanced form of communication that emphasizes 
trust, respect, and shared responsibility. It is an open and free 
exchange of information and opinion among parties that leads to 
mutual understanding and comprehension. CDC believes that 
consultation is integral to a deliberative process that results in 
effective collaboration and informed decision making with the 
ultimate goal of reaching consensus on issues. Although formal 
responsibility for the agency's overall government-to-government 
consultation activities rests within the Office of the Director 
(OD), other OD Offices and National Center leadership shall actively 
participate in TCAC meetings and HHS-sponsored regional and national 
tribal consultation sessions as frequently as possible.
    Matters to Be Discussed: The TCAC will convene their advisory 
committee meeting with discussions and presentations from various 
CDC senior leadership on activities and areas identified by TCAC 
members and other tribal leaders as priority public health issues. 
The Biannual Tribal Consultation Session will engage CDC Senior 
leadership from the Office of the Director and various CDC Offices 
and National Centers including the Financial Management Office 
(FMO), proposed Office of the Associate Director of Communications 
(OC), proposed Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial 
Support (OSTLTS), National Center for Environmental Health and the 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH-ATSDR), 
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 
(NCCDPHP) as well as others. Opportunities will be provided during 
the Consultation Session for tribal testimony. Tribal Leaders are 
encouraged to submit written testimony by COB on July 15, 2010, to 
CAPT Pelagie (Mike) Snesrud, Senior Tribal Liaison for Policy and 
Evaluation, Office of State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support 
(proposed OSTLTS), 1600 Clifton Road, NE., MS K-86 Atlanta, GA 
30329, telephone 770-488-1625, e-mail: [email protected]. Depending on 
the time available it may be necessary to limit the time of each 
presenter.
    For Further Information Contact: CAPT Pelagie (Mike) Snesrud by 
e-mail at: [email protected] or telephone 770-488-1625. Please reference 
the Web link of http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/TCAC/AAC.html to review 
information about the TCAC and CDC's Tribal Consultation Policy and 
previous meetings. The Director, Management Analysis and Services 
Office has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register 
notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee 
management activities, for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: June 10, 2010.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-14800 Filed 6-17-10; 8:45 am]
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